29 Oct 1845
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Newspaper
Edgefield Advertiser
Location
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1845
Page
1
F. Durisoa, proprietor, announces pricing changes. Two cotans and frery costs per year if paid in advance. three dollars if not paid within six months. Subscriptions continue unless ordered otherwise. arrearages must be paid before discon tinuation. Five subscribers earn one year gratis. Ads priced by square, with rates for monthly or quarterly publications. Printed matter and paid communications will be promptly attended to.
To the Independent Voters of Edgefield District Fellow Citizens I offer myself as a candidate for Tax Collector and seek your suffrages If elected I will discharge the duties to the best of my abilities OHN J ORBEA September 10 Notice Application to the Legislature to grant a Charter for a railroad from Edgefield Court House to near Aiken or Hamburg September 30
Notices announce petitions for a public road from Five Notch to Muors Road, a ferry charter over Saluda River near Island Ford, opposition to J W Payne’s charter, Shaw's Creek to be made a public highway, and Rocky Spring Creek to be declared navigable seam with dates in July August and locations in Edgefield Abbeville Laurens Newberry Lexington districts.
The True American case in Lexington involves Cassius Conganv and others accused of riot for removing the press. Testimony described slave unrest linked to the paper and local court instructions led to a not guilty verdict by the jury.
The author argues true gentlemen come from inner virtue, not birth or dress. They respect honest labor and moral worth, while criticizing fashionability and libertine displays among both sexes. Wealth offers little value without a cultivated mind and a good conscience, with blessings from God as ultimate riches.
The essay extols common schools as vital to democracy and national prosperity, urging universal access, parental support, and active involvement of teachers and towns. It highlights moral and political benefits, republican equality, and the need for sustained funding and attendance. The piece notes Washington Irving’s arrival at Bordeaux and a stated diplomatic mission to France.
A discussion denounces insinuating slander as the most damaging form of defamation and recounts a vignette of a traveler and a sausage seller. It moves to a note on time use in mental cultivation, recounting a blacksmith turned successful iron stove producer in Erie and citing a murder confession related to the Salisbury crime case.
In Pilaska Florida the author notes two stores a tavern and several families thirty two miles from St Augustine and thirty to thirty five miles south of Piculata. He describes enormous mosquitoes that deter sleep, larger than Georgia varieties, and jokes about a radical cure found at local forts. The piece blends travel observation with humorous commentary on locals and pests.
A critique of excuses for not subscribing to papers. Readers urged to invest time in education and family progress. South Carolinian notes Saluda Manufacturing Company in strong operation with profits and debt-free status. Thornwell to lead Baltimore church. Legare elected to Christ Church Parish Legislature. Tennessee Senate finally elects Speaker Watterson after 139 ballots.
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